Herbs, perennial. Stems slen­der, procumbent or decumbent, 20–100 cm, densely patent uncinate-puberulent and/or inconspicuously pilose. Leaves trifoliolate; stipules persistent, obliquely ovate, 2–3.5 mm, base auriculate, amplexicaul; petiole 10–20 mm; leaflet blades usually ovate to shortly elliptic, rarely narrowly elliptic, apex obtuse, surfaces appressed-pubescent; terminal blade usually 10–35(–50) × 7–30 mm, length (1.5–)2–3 times width. Inflorescences lax-flowered, terminal and axil­lary, usually unbranched; rachis densely spreading-pubescent; primary bracts caducous, narrowly ovate, 1.5–2 mm. Pedicels 3–10 mm. Flowers: calyx 1.5–2.5 mm, pilose, tube 1 mm; abaxial lobes 1.5 mm, lateral lobes 0.7–1 mm; corolla lavender-pink or reddish purple, banner with yellow spots, 4–5 mm. Loments turgid, straight or curved, linear; sutures equally shallow-undulate; connections central, 2/3–3/4 as broad as segments; segments 5–10, narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic, 4–5 × 1.5 mm, rugose, not reticulate, symmetrically convex abaxially and adaxially, densely uncinate-pubescent throughout; stipe 1 mm.

Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Waste places, lawns.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

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Introduced; Fla., Mexico (Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz), West Indies, Central America, South America, introduced also in Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia.

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